I remember hearing an interview with Florence Henderson (the singer) years ago, and I remember her passing reference to "surgical menopause" in the context of whatever they were discussing. No explanation why, but it got me thinking, and it seems that many of us who hoped to grow to old age with everything intact aren't managing to make good on that goal.

Unlike our mothers, whose doctors often did hysterectomies because "you're not using it any more anyway," we seem to be losing our parts due to more cancer. Did our mothers simply lose their uterus and ovaries before they had a chance to get cancer?

SRS